Bucks looking into Pat Connaughton trade
The Bucks have also continued to explore pathways to trading away Pat Connaughton, sources said, in order to duck under the league’s restrictive second apron and therefore be allowed to aggregate salaries in a potential trade.
Source: marcstein.substack.com
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Gary Trent Jr. was the first one off the bench for the Bucks tonight and now AJ Johnson, Pat Connaughton, and Tyler Smith have all joined him on the floor. - 8:31 PM
Khris Middleton with the QB1 toss to Pat Connaughton, who throws a Travis Kelce pitch to Damian Lillard to create something out of nothing to end the half. - 9:37 PM
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Milwaukee, as you've also surely committed to memory by now, can't combine contracts in any offer for Butler until it first sheds Pat Connaughton's contract or does so as part of a larger Butler trade construction. If the Bucks find a home for Connaughton, though, packaging Khris Middleton and Bobby Portis would enable them to offer Miami two players who could seemingly boost the Heat's playoff chances compared to playing game after game without Butler. Those two also hold contracts that end after 2025-26 assuming both players pick up their player options ($34 million for Middleton; $13.4 for Portis) for next season. -via marcstein.substack.com / January 28, 2025
The Bucks have been active this trade season, sources said, with Khris Middleton, Bobby Portis and Pat Connaughton all expected to be available in potential moves to bring back an impact player. Like Phoenix did, the Bucks have only their 2031 first-round pick to trade, but they also need to shed around $6.5 million in a deal to get below the second apron to be able to combine players in a trade. As the Bucks have shown going back to when they made the Damian Lillard trade last year, they are determined to maximize every bit of Giannis Antetokounmpo's title window. And, with Antetokounmpo playing at an MVP level again this season, Milwaukee is hoping it can make upgrades over the next couple of weeks to challenge the Cavaliers, Celtics and Knicks atop the conference -- against whom the Bucks are 0-8 this season. -via ESPN / January 24, 2025
With the Milwaukee Bucks roughly $6.5 million over the second apron, rival executives who spoke with HoopsHype are monitoring Pat Connaughton as a potential trade candidate. -via HoopsHype / January 16, 2025
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